# Incident 20230808015039I: Cessna 172S, Daytona Beach, FL, August 8, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2023, 19:11 local time
- Place: Daytona Beach, FL
- Airport: Daytona Beach International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.1799° N, 81.0580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DAYTONA BEACH INTL (DAB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1799&lon=-81.0580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6186V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6186V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 340 total, 340 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230808015039I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON AUGUST 08, 2023, AT 2311 UTC THE PILOT OF A CESSNA 172 (CE-172) AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE TAXIWAY LIGHT ON TAXIWAY TANGO ("T") WITH THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR NEAR THE HOLD SHORT AREA FOR RUNWAY 7R AT DAYTONA BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KDAB).

THE WEATHER WAS DAY VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC) AND THE SUN WAS NOT A FACTOR.

THE PILOT, (COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE) REPORTED TAXIING TOO FAST AS HE MADE THE TURN AT THE END OF TAXIWAY TANGO AND VEERED SLIGHTLY OFF THE RUNWAY.  THE PILOT REPORTED BEING RUSHED TO COMPLETE THE PRACTICE FLIGHT BEFORE IT BECAME DARK.

NO REPORTED DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR THE PASSENGER.  AIRPORT OPERATIONS INSPECTION OF THE TAXIWAY LIGHT CONFIRMED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD STRUCK IT.  LEVEL OF DAMAGE TO THE TAXIWAY LIGHT WAS NOT REPORTED BY OPERATIONS.

AFTER THE INCIDENT THE PILOT TAXIED BACK TO THE RAMP AND DID NOT FLY.

## Other reports on N6186V (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20210503021132I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210503021132I), May 3, 2021: Cessna 172S (N6186V), Daytona Beach, FL, Minor damage. This explanation was taken from CFI statement: on 5/3/2021 at about 0830 local CFI and a student in N5298N were travelling down the southeast ramp northbound…
- [Incident 20170703012339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170703012339I), Jul 3, 2017: Cessna 172S (N6186V), Daytona Beach, FL, Minor damage. On July 3, 2017 pilot t[privacy data omitted] was performing landing and takeoff training on RWY25L, had a tail strike during training. Once the tail strike…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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